Mouthpiece for pipes or cigar-holders.



No. 767,804. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

c. ELKIN, JE-

MOUTHPIEGB FOR PIPES 0R CIGAR HOLDERS.

APPLIOATIOI FILED [AB- 29. 1904. 10 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ELKIN, JR, OF JERSEY CITY, NEl/V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDSTO MARGARET ROSS ELKIN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

MOUTHPIECE FOR PIPES'OR CIGAR-HOLDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,804, dated. August16, 1904. 7

Application filed March 29, 1904. Serial No. 200,518, (No model.)

To all 10700177, it may concern:

Be it known that 1. CHARLES ELKIN, r., a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of suchconstruction as to protect the tongue of the smoker from direct contactwith hot smoke, as also to provide a removable receptacle to hold thenicotin and which may be readily taken off for cleaning, and at the sametime to provide a saliva-guard which will prevent direct entrance ofsaliva from the mouth of the smoker into the main stem or tube of thepipe, and thus avoid clogging of the said main stem or tube.

- To this end the invention comprises a cap removably fitted to themouthpiece of the pipe or cigar-holder and which cap is provided at itsupper side only with an orifice or orifices for the escape of the smoke,such position of the orifice or orifices preventing hot smoke fromcoming into direct or immediate contact with the tongue of the smoker.The tip of the stem is preferably somewhat tapered, so as to be of lessdiameter vertically than the chamber of the cap, thereby affording belowthe extreme end of the stem a small chamber which will hold any nicotinwhich may be drawn through the stem and which chamber can be easilycleaned when the cap is removed from the pipe. The stem is preferablyprovided with a small peripheral flangeto serve as a guard against theteeth of the smoker, and thereby render the pipe or cigar-holder moreeasily and safely held in the mouth, and forward of said guard the stemis preferably provided at its upper side with asmall orifice or port forthe entrance of air to cool the smoke somewhat, if desired, but whichorifice or port may be covered by the lip of the smoker at pleasure,thereby alternating or varying the smoking process so as to enhance itspleasure.

.the cap and below the tip a small recess or In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is 5 a partial sectional view of a pipe constructedin accordance with the present invention, and Fig. 2 a similar viewshowing a slightly different form of the invention from that representedin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 illustrates the invention as applied to a mouthpieceof a cigarholder.

Referring to the drawings, 12 denotes a pipe. which may be of anysuitable shape or size and which is furnished with a stem 13, providednear its upper end with a rigid peripheral or exterior rib or flange 1A,outside of which the teeth of the smoker may close, and which rib orflange will therefore serve as a guard to enable the smoker to retainthe pipe 5 more securely in the mouth. Removably fitted to the tip 15 ofthe stem is a cap 16, provided on its partly-closed upper, side with oneor more orifices 17 for the escape of smoke into the mouth of thesmoker, but which orifice or orifices being located on the upper side ofthe cap will prevent the hot smoke from coming in direct or immediatecontact with the tongue of the smoker.

The cap 16 may be of any suitable substance. as hard rubber, ivory,bone, silver, or other metal, and may be partly screw-threadedinteriorly, as shown in Fig. 1, to fit a screw- 9O chamber which willserve as a trap to hold any nicotin which may be drawn through the stem.7

The stem 13 is preferably provided on its upper side just forward of theflange or guard 14 with a small port or orifice 18, which when uncoveredpermits a small quantity of air to be drawn into the tube of. the pipe,and thus slightly cool the smoke, and which port or orifice is solocated that it may be covered by the lip of the smoker at pleasure tovary the smoking operation as may be desired.

Fig. 3 represents a mouthpiece or holder 19 for cigars embodying theform of the invention shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the removable cap 16having a smoke eXit or exits only at its partly-closed upper side, butclosed at its end and lower sides, will effectively guard or protect thetongue of the smoker from direct contact with hot smoke and will alsoserve as a trap to hold any nicotin which may be drawn through thepipestem, and thus prevent it from entering the mouth of the smoker.Also the said cap will serve as aguard to prevent the direct entrance ofsaliva from the mouth of the smoker into the main tube or stem of thepipe to the detrimental clogging of the same.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. A mouthpiece for a pipe or cigar-holder comprising astem provided with an integral tapered tip, combined with a removablecap fitted to said tip and closed at its end and lower side, and partlyclosed, but having a smoke-exit oriiice or orifices, at its upper side,

the inner end of said tip being of a lesser diameter vertically than thechamber of said cap so as to adapt said chamber to serve as a nicotintrap or receptacle.

2,. A mouthpiece for apipe or cigar-holder comprising a stemprovidednear its end with an exterior rib or flange and with a tip,integral with said stem, beyond said rib or flange, combined with a capremovably fitted to said tip and closed at its end and lower side andpartly closed, but having a smoke-exit opening or openings, at its upperside.

3. A mouthpiece for a pipe or cigar-holder comprising a stem providednear its end with an exterior rib or flange and with a tip, integralwith said stem, beyond said rib or flange, combined with a cap removablyfitted to. said tip and closed at its end and lower side and partlyclosed, but having a smoke-exit opening or openings, at its upper side,said stem being also provided in its upper side, forward of and adjacentto said rib or flange, with an airinlet hole or port.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ELKIN, J R.

Witnesses:

ANNIE B. HALL, J. H. CoN Y.

